Ohio Already Fired Sherrod Brown Once. Don't Rehire Him

Trump is scheduled to rally in Chillicothe for Jon Husted. The polls are close, the money is enormous, and the choice is as clear as it was two years ago.

By Clara Hughes

Ohio voters have seen this movie before. In 2024 they retired Sherrod Brown from the U.S. Senate and sent Bernie Moreno to Washington. Two years later Brown is back on the ballot. This time he is running in a special election for the remainder of JD Vance's term against Sen. Jon Husted, the Republican appointed to the seat when Vance became vice president. President Trump is scheduled to be in Chillicothe on Wednesday for Husted and gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy. WLWT reports it is his third Ohio event this month. He won Ohio by 11 points in 2024. The White House does not send the president to a state three times in a month unless the stakes are real. Where the race stands Here is an honest look at the polls. A Marist poll (Oct. 15–18, likely voters, ±4.5 points) has Brown up 48–44. An Echelon Insights survey of 508 likely voters on Oct. 23 has it tied at 47. InsiderAdvantage (Oct.